Eibar is officially the Place of Democratic Memory from today
The resolution, published in the Official Gazette of the State, states that "it contains the basis for the recognition of the cities of Eibar as the Place of Democratic Memory, which has been the scene of both active defence of the legality of the republic and serious violations of international humanitarian law".
The Official Gazette of the State (BOE) published on Monday the resolution of the State Secretariat for Democratic Memory designating Eibar (Gipuzkoa) as the Place of Democratic Memory.
The resolution of 10 March of the Secretary of State states that "it contains the basis for the recognition of the cities of Eibar as the Place of Democratic Memory, which has been the scene of both active defence of the legality of the republic and serious violations of international humanitarian law".
Thus, he points out, Eibar, the first city in the State to proclaim the Second Republic (14 April 1931), symbolized the "citizen commitment to democracy and constitutionalism".
In this regard, he recalls that following the coup d'état of 18 July 1936, he remained "loyal to the legitimate Government" and became "a strategic and symbolic target of the rebel offensive". He adds that he suffered "systematic and indiscriminate bombings, including" carpet bombings "and incendiary bombs dropped by German and Italian aircraft, which resulted in numerous civilian casualties and urban destruction".
The resolution now published by the BOE warns that these attacks are "part of the offensive that hit the ceiling with acts such as the bombing of Gernika" and that "they constitute crimes against humanity for attacking the civilian population and using terror as an instrument of war".
It recognizes that "the combination of democratic resistance and violent repression makes Eibar a unique symbol of the struggle for freedoms and an essential centre for collective memory and the defence of human rights".
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